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Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretaryLeavitt is leaving the podium after roughly 18 months as one of the youngest press secretaries in White House history. The exit lands amid a broader reshuffle of Trump's communications operation he…Firms pay up to $100k a month for fast Truth Social accessMore than ten trading and research outfits are paying premium fees for early access to presidential posts, treating social media as market-moving data infrastructure.Trump Media's crypto pile just cost it $190m in one quarterTrump Media posted a Q2 net loss of $238.1 million, more than ten times last year's $19.2 million shortfall, driven almost entirely by non-cash markdowns on digital assets that totalled $190.4 mill…Trump slaps 15% tariff on a chip material, and wants broader tariff powerTrump has imposed a 15% tariff on a key material used in chip manufacturing, aimed squarely at reducing US dependence on Chinese supply chains for semiconductor inputs. Separately, he's reportedly …Trump is courting blue-collar voters again, and tariffs are the pitchThe renewed push to rebuild ties with working-class voters leans heavily on the tariff and reshoring narrative rather than new policy, framing existing trade measures as the proof of a promise kept…Crude's rally is a bigger threat to the Fed than to TrumpOil climbing back toward levels that feed straight into petrol prices arrives just as the disinflation narrative was gaining credibility in Washington and London alike. Every sustained $10 move in …Trump's 50% Canada tariff is the biggest bet yet on decoupling workingFifty percent is not a negotiating opener, it's a number designed to stop trade rather than reprice it. Canada sends roughly three quarters of its exports south of the border, so a tariff at this l…State Department sends $3m to MAGA-aligned groups in EuropeWashington funding ideologically aligned groups abroad is the kind of soft-power spending that will draw sharp questions from European governments already wary of US political interference ahead of…Bezos cracked the Trump code and Blue Origin is the proofJeff Bezos has spent the past eighteen months methodically repositioning himself as an acceptable recipient of federal largesse, and the contract flow to Blue Origin confirms the strategy is workin…SCOTUS rejects Trump's birthright citizenship order. The executive power question is still live.The Supreme Court has struck down Trump's executive order attempting to restrict birthright citizenship, upholding the 14th Amendment's guarantee that all persons born on US soil are citizens regar…Federal judges strike down Trump's changes to public servant loan forgiveness. 43 million borrowers are watching.A federal court has struck down the Trump administration's attempt to roll back the Public Service Loan Forgiveness programme, which affects borrowers who have spent years in government and non-pro…The Supreme Court ringfences the Federal Reserve, for nowThe US Supreme Court has blocked Trump's attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, drawing a specific constitutional line around Fed independence that the same Court's earlier ruling on…Trump's Supreme Court double win on immigration is a labour market event, not just a political oneThe US Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two consecutive victories on immigration enforcement, expanding the executive's power to detain and deport without the judicial review hurdles t…The US is backing a dynastic deal in Libya. It wants the oil, not the democracyTrump adviser Massad Boulos has spent months brokering a power-sharing arrangement built around two family networks: the Dbeibehs in the west and the Haftars in the east, with the reported plan ins…The PBOC's new yuan liquidity tool is a slow-burn challenge to dollar-centric reservesThe People's Bank of China has launched new money-market instruments specifically designed to help foreign central banks and sovereign wealth funds hold, invest, and manage renminbi liquidity in Ch…2026 World Cup venues enforce strict security policiesFIFA's 48-team World Cup brings enhanced security protocols including clear bag mandates and over $32 million in federal funding for North Texas venues alone, with Dallas Stadium requiring 12"x6"x1…Disney faces licence review after Kimmel clashThe Federal Communications Commission ordered an accelerated review of Disney's eight ABC television licences one day after Trump demanded Jimmy Kimmel's firing. The review targets Disney's corpora…Trump plans Kenya facility for US Ebola patientsThe Trump administration is establishing a quarantine and treatment centre in Kenya for Americans exposed to Ebola overseas, rather than bringing them to US hospitals. Officials defend the move as …Trump Jr-backed drone stock surges 82%Unusual Machines jumped 82% to $9.77 after Donald Trump Jr joined the advisory board of the drone component maker, with volume spiking to 56 million shares versus a 121,000 daily average.Xi lambasted Japan's 'remilitarisation' in closed-door Trump summitChinese President Xi Jinping sharply criticized Japan's defense buildup during November's Beijing summit with Trump, accusing Tokyo of "remilitarisation" as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pushes def…Trump yanks AI order after David Sacks warns of industry backlashThe former White House AI czar intervened to stop an executive order that would have escalated federal preemption of state AI regulations through litigation and funding leverage. Sacks, who left go…Beijing delays Pentagon talks over $14bn Taiwan arms packageChina is stalling approval for Pentagon official Elbridge Colby's Beijing visit as leverage against a proposed $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, following December's $11.1 billion weapons sal…EU buckles to Trump's trade deadlineBrussels fast-tracked ratification of its new trade deal with the US after Trump threatened sharply higher tariffs beyond his 15% baseline. The agreement locks in a $750 billion energy purchase com…Putin locks in 50bcm gas pipeline as China hedges its betsRussia and China signed a binding construction agreement for the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline during Putin's Beijing visit, but the fine print tells a different story. The deal carries 50 billion cu…Xi tells Trump that Putin might 'regret' Ukraine invasionBeijing is quietly distancing itself from Moscow's war. During Trump's recent summit in Beijing, Xi privately told him that Putin might 'regret' his 2022 invasion decision, marking a sharp shift fr…Trump calls off Iran strike after Gulf states interveneTrump postponed a planned military strike on Iran after Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE asked for a delay, saying they were 'getting very close to making a deal.' The former president said the US …ZYN becomes Trump World's nicotine of choiceNicotine pouches have become fashionable across Trump's political orbit, including Health Secretary RFK Jr., as Philip Morris International's ZYN brand captures 76 percent of the US market. The FDA…China pledges billions in US farm purchases as summit deliversTrade Representative Jamieson Greer expects China to commit billions in US agricultural purchases, with Beijing already one-third through its soybean commitments for this growing season. Soybean pr…SEC settles Adani case as enforcement pressure easesThe SEC agreed to settle its civil fraud case against Gautam Adani over alleged concealment of a bribery scheme tied to a $750 million 2021 bond offering. Adani had argued the case lacked US jurisd…Trump's Beijing CEO delegation produces more ceremony than dealsTrump brought top US executives to Beijing for his meeting with Xi Jinping but few major commercial agreements emerged despite the high-profile optics.Rare earth minerals expected central to Trump-Xi summit talksCritical material supply chains likely on the negotiating table alongside trade and technology.Trump puts Taiwan arms sales on the negotiating table with XiForty-seven years of US arms sales to Taiwan just became a bargaining chip. Trump announced he's discussing future weapons packages with Xi Jinping, with $14 billion in pending sales now hanging in…Iran rejects nuclear halt, keeps Hormuz closedTrump's 14-point peace proposal died yesterday after Iran's counterproposal ignored every nuclear concession the White House demanded. Tehran's response, delivered after a 10-day wait, focused enti…Trump-Xi summit proceeds despite Iran warThe May 14-15 Beijing summit will happen as scheduled, six weeks after Iran tensions forced the original delay. The meeting puts Xi in a stronger position than March, when Trump needed Chinese coop…US court blocks Trump's 10% global tariffs as illegalTrump's tariff strategy hit another judicial wall yesterday. A federal trade court ruled his 10 percent global tariffs illegal under Section 122 of the Trade Act, finding no balance-of-payments def…Trump delays EU tariff threat to July 9 after von der Leyen callDonald Trump walked back his June 1 threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on EU goods, extending the deadline to July 9 after Ursula von der Leyen requested serious negotiations. The pattern is famil…Trump rules out oil export curbs as Iran war drives pricesTrump administration officials explicitly ruled out restricting US oil exports despite surging global demand from the Iran conflict. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told American Petroleum Institute…Oil crashes 10% as Iran reopens Hormuz, but Trump keeps the squeezeIran declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open Friday after seven weeks of closure, triggering the sharpest oil sell-off since March 2022. WTI fell to $84.95 per barrel while Brent dropped to $90.87…Vance tests Iowa waters as 2028 ambitions meet Trump dependencyVice President JD Vance made his first Iowa trip as VP, defending economic policies amid reports of a sputtering economy while positioning for the 2028 Republican nomination race. Iowa Republicans …Trump's Hormuz escort starts Monday, Iran calls it humanitarianSix weeks of shipping gridlock ends Monday as Trump begins guiding neutral vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, bypassing Iranian-controlled routes. The USS Frank E. Peterson Jr. Already cleared I…